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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-20
"TIut Pale woman"

At one OF the villages on our coast
there are good many rough fishermen.
There are IL good number Of churches
and ministers there, and they have tried
to do something for these men in their
way; but, tin ing they could not, they
have given il up. The Church said, owe
hGyc rung our bell, engaged our quar-
tetto choir, and if you 10 not come, we
cannot help il.
There is no command for people to
go to got the Gospel; the command is
TO carry the Gospel to the pcoplc-"Go
yo into all the world that means every
whore. Miss Phelps was given up to
die, but her physicians said, "If you go
to such village on our coast, perhaps
the sea air may prolong your life; but it
is an awfully wicked place" That pale
woman arrived there, and took room
She slept but little the first night, and
toward morning was sleeping quietly
with her windows open for sea air, when
she was awakened by the rough swear
ing of men under her window. She
could not bear it, and, hastily dressing,
went down to the door, and said, ooh,
mon, l am poor, sick, dying woman
] have come from the hills to prolong
my life, but you are going to drive me
away"
''Onc wicked man said, "Who is going
to drive you away, you pale woman?"
"Gou are; You have been swearing
about my Saviour"
The man trembled, and said, 81 will
knock down the man that swears.
Nobody shall swear while you arc here. "
y man came along swearing. said he,
"You stop that; there is an angel here. "
In few days she took n little cabinet
organ, hired a hall, opened the doors
and windows, and the rough men gath
cred around. She touched the koys,
and began to sing, "NVhat friend we
have in Jesus" Before she had finished,
tears werein eyes unaccustomed to weep.
In little while she had church, and
had need for minister, and they are
doing great things there that nevC
would have been done but for that pa .
woman. DR.. Bates in Service for Jesus.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-20
nIoodY Riot in Denver.

Denver, April IA bloody riot oc-
CURED here tonight between rival
Swedish, Polish and Hungarian colonies,
at 3ith and Blake streets, which resulted
in the fatal shooting of five men and the
serious wounding of several others.
1t grew out of christening festivity.
When the christening party had eaten
and drunk they went out upon the side
walk and made war upon the inhabitants
of neighboring house. Others in the
neighborhood hecame involved and the
uproar became great
1t required detachment Of q dozen
police, armed with Winchesters, to ouell
the disturbance. Three or four police
first made their appearance, when the
rioters postponed their contention and
Joined forces against the common enemy,
They could not stand against the rifles,
however, and about thirty were lodged
in the calaboose and some in the hospi-
tai.
But one or two of the prisoners can
speak English. They are all ragged,
dirty and spattered with blood, and have
the appearance of belonging to the low
est typo of humanity. Many of them
arrived in Denver only week ago, direct
from Hungaria, Poland, Bohemia and
other parts Of Europe.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-20
When to Plant seeds.

1t is common notion that the tenn
perature of the air and the soil is Il re-
liable indication of the time for planting
the different varieties OF farm and gar
den seeds. Many farmers will not plant
corn or cotton until, i'll their Judgment,
the soil is "warm enough" to gcrmiuate
the seed. That this is not an unorring
guide may be easily demonstrated by
the experience Of any one who has kept
o diary and observed closely. It's quite
true that corn, nor cotton, nor other
seed will germinatc and come up if the
temperature OF tho soil continues, after
planting, below the proper degree OF
warmth for the termination and growth
of the particular seed. But ordinary
observation shows that in our changcablc
spring climate the temperature OF the
air and soil ON one day is no guarantee
OF what it will be three or four days
thereafter. The conditions OF planting
may be all right at the time OF planting
and DO all wrong st tho time OF ger1ni-
mating. In the spring corn usually re-
quireB about twelve or fourteen days TO
come up, and cotton seed from five 70
ten days. Hence, the weather may be
oil that could be desired for several days
aftoP planting tho seed and then turn
cold or rain. tits more important that the
latter half of the period OF germinatlon
should be more favorable than the first
half Tho correct rule Is to plant ac-
lcording 10 time the day OF the month
having regard otherwise only TO prop
er degree or dsyness in the soil, when
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THE TRAIN DISPATCHER.
y han Who Holds the Liro Of Every PAS
scuGCT iu !iis Hand.

n hah VINO Holds the life of Every Pas
scngcr in 'i.s Hand.
The travelling public have long been
wont to bostow approval upon railway
engineers jor the seli-sucriiicng spirit
which they exhibit when tie lives en-
trusted TO their care are endangered, and
in tho annals OF the rail these occur
rcnccs are 50 frequent that passengers
generally picture the man at the throttle
OF the locomotive as n hero by virtue OF
his position. These opinions are de-
serycdly held, and it would bo the
grosscst injustice to dctIuct from the
honor Which seli-abncgntiOn always
momts; but there is class OF railway
employees, almost entirely unknown 70
passengers, whose responsibility is so
much greater and whose siightcsO omiS-
sion might Icopardize the lives o people
on trains more than any oversight on
the part OF conductors or engineers, that
it IS indeed strange that they are so
seldom mentioned III the public prints.
This class is the tram dispatchcrs,
whose every order is implicitly Obeyed
by truinmen; and while the crew Of one
train is responsible for the movement of
thai train alone, the dispatcher holds in
his hands the lives of every individual
on every train on the road and on
road having large traffic tho duties inn
posed on mm are very greats and arduous.
His position in the railway service is
unique; were all trains running on time
and provided for on the periodical time
table issued by the company, he would
have no duties to perform; but trains
will get delayed and occasions win arise
requiring extra trains, or trains without
any specified time or rights, to be run
over the road, and then his services are
necessary to avoid hours of delay.
All trains on railroads are divided i'll
classes, according to their Importance,
generally two, passenger and freight;
and all trains of one class running in q
specified direction have the right to the
road, or need keep no lookout for trains
of the same or lower class running in
the opposite direction. Thus it is as
sumed that on certain railroad trains
running eastward have the right of way
| over trains running Westward then an
cast bound passenger train can run the
whole length of the road in entire disre-
gard of all trains; another passenger
train going west need only look out for
the cast-boupd passenger train, while
the freight trains must keep out of the
way OF both passenger trains and OF the
freight train which is running in the
direction prescribed as having the right
of road.
Every one understands that all trains
are charted or lave tune given for
passing each stnion, which time can in
no instance be anticipated, and hence all
train men know whore oil other trains
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-20
SCIENTIFIC HOANES.
How some Scientists Dressed Up Parts of
the Mastodon in a FaucifuI Manner.
lSCribmCr for ANrill

cCrlOncr Tor AprlI)
! The great lesson which Cuvier taught
the world was, that many races Of ami
mails were entirely extinct, and that
natures chain Of existence had not one
but many missing links. From his
recognition OF that fact the science Of
pal@ontology may be said to date. But
the cardlyorous nature Of the mastodon
was too fascinating an absurClity to be
so easily killed, and it continued TO an-
pear Mt intervals AS late as 1885 We
find New England medical professor
wlitln4 rs II it were i'm unqucstiouablc
TACT. The giant theory fingered stu
longer, and even yet cannot be cuusid-
GRE entirely extinct among the un-
learned. The dictum that the supcrsti.
tons OF ono age are but the science OF
preceding ages receives ample confiIma-
tion In the history of this subject Not
longer ago tLan 1916 mastodon skcc-
ton was exhibited in New Orleans as
that OF Il 8lant. The Uranium was mado
OF raw hide, fantastic wooden teeth were
fitted III the jaws, all missing parts were
restored after the human model. and the
whole raised upon The hind legs. IL
certainly conveyed the notion OF ga
hideous, diabolical giant, and was no
doubt responsible for many nightmares
AS sad commentary on the state OF the
medical profession in tho southwcsta at the
time, it may be added that the exhibitor
was perfectly honest in his belief, and to
support his faith he had trunk full of
physicians certificates that these were
human bones.
In 1910 CDR" Koch, German char
latan, created great sensation by an
nouncing the discovery of the leviathan
OF Job, which he ca}ledsthc Missourium,
from the State where it was found. 1t
turned out, however, to be nothing but
n mastodon prcpostcrousiy mounted.
Koch had added an extra dozen or more
joints to the backbone and ribs to the
chest, turned the tlsks outward into
semi circle, and converted the animal
into an aquatic monster which anchored
itself to trees by means Of KS sickle,
shaped tusks and then peacefully sum-
bered on the bosom of the waves. Like
the Siberian, he found interesting con
tirmations Of his views in tho book of
job, that refuge of perplcxcd monster
makers Koch took his leviuthan to
London, where it was purchased by the
British museum, and rcconvcrtcd into a
mastOdon by Professor Owen, who at
once recognized its true nature.
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a WESTERN TERROR.
The story of a Western IIighwayman and
II Mountain Lion.
tFrom the Chicago News.)

FrOm the Chicago News.)
An amusing story comes to uS from
the lar West. For long time an out
law, named Roach the Terror, had been
| the scourgc OF the mountain districts OF
Idaho and last month he waylaid and
proceeded to rob one Bivens, wealthy
gentleman who was travelling through
tho Iecrltory on mining business. While
the two wore thus employed one IN
rohhng and the other in being robbed
they suddenly became aware of the
approach OF mountain lion, one of
those stcalthy, cruel monsters that in
hoHit and lay waste the Businesses of the
rocky Mountain region. Roach immc.
diately dropped his booty and skinned
up tree rs nimbly as he ever could; us
Tor the other man, he didn't stop to pick
mp his property he followed Roach up
tho tree With marked alncrity. Tie
iiercc lion, Haunting his tail sayngcly,
licking his hidoous fanGs and rolling its
CLASSY cycballs suggcstively, looked up
ut the two mon in the tree and prepared
to Join them.
"IIaye you pistol?" asked Roach the
Tenor.
"Nu,' said Biycns, the traveller, "but
IN my belt / carry knife fourteen inches
"Ihcn,' suggested the Terror, "sup-
pose you stick the knife into that var
mint when lac rcachcrs out for u.s."
"les, but il leave the knife in the
lion, . sad Biycns, "and if he falls with
1T, wh"t protection have | from YOU?
No, I'll keep the knife and let you shoot
Iho criISer with your pistol"
"Aos, but suppOsing | do shoot him, ;"
sald hoach, "what protection have |
against your knife when my pistol is
cmptyY"
Meanwhile the lion was coming up the
tree with alarming rapidity. He seemed
TO grow three feet every way as he ad-
vanced foot by foot.
unless we can como to comDro-
misc, said Roach, 'thc vermint will eat
us both. Let's agree to this: You stab
mm and I'll shoot him-at any rate,
either we folks or that critter has got to
die"
That's 50, said Bivons, "and ac-
copt the compromise.
80 when the lion GOT within range
Roach blazed away at it and Bivcns
reached down and drove his knife clean
up TO the hit III the monsters breast
me non fell to the ground with bullet
mole IN his head and eleven inches of
steel III his lungs. Then Roach and
5iycns descended from tho tree. They
mad escaped so narrowly that they could
not be other than friends. Each was in
debtcd to the other for his life They
resolved not TO separate, and now they
are engaged in tho bandit business to-
8ctAer IN the Idaho faatncsscs.
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Tho Cotton Movement.

In It's weekly review of the movement
OF the cotton crop, the New York Finan-
clal Chronicle says that for the week
ending Friday, April g, tho total receipts
have reached 23,3OS bales, against 81, ll5
bales last week, 46, 29S bales the previous
week, and 81, ,1l6 bales three weeks since;
making the total receipts since the lst of
September, 1886, 5,07O, l9l bales against
l,o9l,9 bales Tor the samo period OF
1880 So, showing an increase since Sep
tembcr ] 1856, of IT'S, 202 bales.
The exports for the same time reach n
total OF 40,06l bales, of which 27, $50
were 10 Great Britain, 405 to France and
l2,513 to the rest of the continent. The
total sales for forward delivery for the
week are 4SO, 800 bales. For immediate
delivery the total sales foot up 96l bales
Inc imports into continental ports have
been for the same period G4, 900 bales.
There was an increase in the cotton in
sight Friday night of l0,1O6 bales as
compared with the same date of 1886,
an increase OF 45,474 bales as compared
with the corresponding date of 1885, and
a decrease of 225, ,009 bales as compared
with 1884.
Tho old interior stocks have decreased
during the week l0,57S bales, and were
Friday night 1Sl, ,554 bales less than at
the same period last year. The receipts
Mt the same towns have been 2, 1856 bales
less than the same week last year, and
since September l the receipts ut all the
towns are 6S, 1927 bales more than for the
same time iu 1856.
The total receipts from the plantations
since September l, 1886, are 5,l54, ,35l
bales; in 1885 SO were 5, 105. .8S3 bales.
in 1891 80 were 4,712,7S6 bales. Al
though the receipts at the outports the
past week were 29,30S bales, the actual
movements from plantations was only
1850 bales, the balance being taken
from the stocks at the interior towns.
Last year the receipts from the pla,lta.
tions for the same week were %, ,479
bales, and for 1886 they were 6,7I6.
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NO. 3s.

ought to bc at any particular moment,
II on time; but as trains frequently and
generally get late the train of inferior
class must have its movement expedited
ny some eXtraneOus cause or it may be
delayed Tor hours awaiting train that
may have been wrecked or has been kept
back for some other Of many causes.
Ihen the duties of the train dispatcher
are OF Importance. He will probably
give an order to the delayed train by
telegraph directing it not to go beyond
certain place which he thinks it can
reach without difficulty, and no directs
the opposing tram to proceed to the
same place and there pass the other
train and i'll that manner the trains are
enabled to pass each other without any
delay to either. His great responsibility
consists in that he may have dozen
other trains in his charge at the same
time and in directing one train to go
beyond its usual place to meet another
he may neglect to give an order to the
second train and III such an event col
hsion would probably cnsue, much prop
erty be destroyed and probably lives be
lost
1t will readily be seen that the slight
est mistake of train dispatcher might
cause serious results; and in this respect
his responsibility is probably greater
than that of any other individual under
whose charge the public are placed. A
pilot ON vessel may lose his reckoning,
but the fact soon becomes apparent to
Others, and his capacity for mischief is
thereby lcssened; other railway en-
ployes may neglect their duties, and
rush hcadlong into danger, but their
associates generally realize the situation
before any unfortunate results ensue;
but the slightest behest of train dis
patcher must be obeycd without ques-
ton; even though to do so would
Jeopardizo the lives of those receiving
the orders though of course until an
accident results the train men are igno-
rant OF tue fact that they have been given
wrong directions.
Instances of oversight OF dispatchers
are extremely much less than OF
neglect OF conductors and engineers to
adhere to the orders given to them-and
while they perform their onerous duties
almost entirely unknown to the people
whose lives they have in their control,
and therefore never receive the need Of
praise due them, travellers ought at least
be made acquainted with their duties
and the important part they play in the
rapid and safe movement of passengers.
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should be in good condition for work
ing, The time should be determined by
experience of past years. The writer has
several times planted corn when the
ground was frozen early in the morning,
ana secured perfect stand of vigorous
plants In Dakota and other extreme
Northern sections, wheat, corn and veg
etables are planted in May, as soon as
tho ground has thawed to depth
sufficient to permit of blowing and har-
rowing, the soil having been deeply
broken the preceding fall; and it often
occurs that the seeds 80 planted are up
and growing while the deep subsoil is
stu hard frozen to the depth of many
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-20
WANTS AN ENDORSEMENT.
The Pathetic tppea; OF One oi Alexander II.
StrphCr.s Old Servants.
tFrom the Atlanta Cor titution.)
he following rather potbntir o,,iet'

tFrom the Atlanta Cor titution)
The following rather pathetic epistlc
was among those recently received by
Governor Gordon:
Hon. JouN Is. GoRDoN-Dcar Sir:
Pardon me for taking the privilege of
writing to YOU to ask favor of you.
About two months ago ] was discharged
as messenger in the Interior Depart
mcnt, on false report, and the Hon.
Van IL. Manning and an oX-member of
Congress from the = te Of Mississippi
instructed me to write to you, knowing
that you was personal friend of nv
former master, Hon. Alexander II.
Stephens, and ask you would you be
kind enough to write to the Hon. Henry
Harris Third Assistant Postmaster
General, at Washington, d. c., in nv
behalf. MIR. Gordon, / was always faith
iul in discharging my duties as q mes
sengcr, and Of all the moneys, stamps
and other Valuablcs that l handled or
passed through my hands of the depart
mtnt, my employers viii say to-day that
they never had the least suspicion of nv
honesty. Furthermore L was true to
my old master | was faithful | served
him well, and he said when he put me
in the department, upon this he felt
bound to serve me some too. / was in
General Toombs's brigade during the
war and served there faithful as q SER
want. | have crawlcd up on my knees
and hands, over milo, to carry my
friends something to eat that was in the
dcicnsc of their section Of the country
and General Toombs has often said |
never forgot my natural ritual. know
who my best friends are. Mr.. Stephens
said that it are the duty of those that
We're elevated to high, lofty position to
look upon the humble and poor with the
eye of pity for this reason appeal to
your sympathy, your charity and to
your generosity as the Governor of the
dear old State that give mo birth to
look upon my humble and deprived con-
dition with pity. | beg of you, sir,
with ali the humbloness crowning the
act Of servant to write to Mr.. Harris at
the earliest date as your conveniences
will allow you in my behalf.
/ remain, sir, your most humble and
obodicnt servant, PIERCE LAFAYETTE.
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An Iratc Pea for rrcscm, styles.

There is n class OF women, and the
number of them is unnecessarily large,
who have tendency to assume an air of
apology and self-cxcuso when the love
of adornmcnt and cagerncss to achieve
the same is talked of. They assume q
deprecating air when this subject is
brought up. And why should they? IL
is natural and fitting that women should
want to look and dress well. More than
that, it IS woman's duty, just so far as
her circumstances and means will admit,
to dress well and tastofully. Why there
is any occasion for woman to mako n
"guy" of herself for "beautys sake" is a
mystery. Dressing, to be sure, is an
art, and it is only to those to whom this
art is unknown who are raising the hue
and cry about "drcss reform" and "scn-
sible dressing" The women who theor-
ize most cxhaustively upon this so called
sensible dressing are apt to be the most
dowdy and ridiculous anywhere to be
found. 1t is the woman devoid Of all
taste whose figure is scrawny and abso-
lutely destitute of any lines of beauty,
whose arm Is long and bony, that is sure
on every and all occasions to declare
that the dressing of tho present day is
harmful and injurious to ones health.
They see sin lurking in every ruflle and
pleat. FIX.
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LnEcmEs ~ \ non,n cAu.
They Escape from "a tHdy's Pocket and
Cause Amy im"mnt OF Trouble.
Gron the New rork ,un1

Tron the New Yo,k >un)
y Fourth avenue car was ronine
smoothly along Madison avenue, ucar
Fifty-niuth street, the Othcv day, when
its ordinary assortment OF all sorts OF
passengers was startled out OF semi
listlessncss by Shrek that would have
made Buffalo Bill's proudcst Sioux burn
with envy.
"Take it off, Take it away Take it
OFF, screamed nicely dressed lady.
jumping into the aisle, with one hand on
the bell-ropc and tho other outstretchcd
to one of the startled male passengers.
Her features were picture OF terror,
and her black eyes cleaned with frantic
intensity at the wrist OF her outstrctchcd
arm.
At first a suspicion swept through Tie
minds OF the knowing passengers that il
was case OF snakes, but on looking ut
the pretty wrist, set off by icwc!cd
bracelet, they saw n real live lecch.
a lawyer who has an Office in the
Potter building and who has some nerve
as well as gallantry, pluckod off the
locch and put it in paper box which
the lady had carried in her pocket.
Meanwhile the other lady passengers
did what they could to sooth tho
heightened sister.
GLOW many leeche8 did you have,
madam, in the hox?' asked the lawyer.
"Ihrcc!' she gaspcd.
"Why, madam, there's only one here. :"
The Shrek that followed was choIus.
Every female passenger thought she was
wearing one or both OF the other two.
But the lawyer found both in the mat
ting OF the car, and one Of them was
crippled in the excitement.
The lady jumped of the car spitcfully
to conceal her embarrassment. 1t turned
out that she was the pretty wife OF a well
known iron merchant and member of
the Seventh Regiment, who was at home
with swollen leg. His wife lad been
down town to get the lcccLcs to feed on
her husband S leg, but the druggist had
cut too big a breathing hole Tor them.
When the husband learned Of his wifc's
adventure he laughed till the swelling
went down.
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a story of Two Words.

"Oh, if l were lucky enough to call
this estate mine, 1 should be happy
fellow" said a young man. "And then?"
said a friend. "Why, then I'd pull
down the old house, and build Dalace,
have lots OF prime fellows rolnd me,
keep the best wines, and the finest
horses and dogs in the Country" "And
then?" "Then I'd hunt, and rido, and
smoke, and drink, and dance, and keep
open house, and enjoy life gloriously"
"And then?" "Why, then, i suppose
like other people, | should grow old,
and not care much for these things"
"And then?" "Why, then, suppose
in the course of nature / should leave
all these pleasant things and--well- l.
yes--die." "And then2" "Oh, bother
your thens, | must be off,"
Many years after tho friend was
acccsted with: "God bless youl / owe
my happiness to you'll" "How2" BY
two words spoken in season long ago
"And then?'--The Culver.
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